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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9168 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, 

and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning 

offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Ms. PORTER (for herself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit 

to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, 

a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, 

platforms, and pipelines. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Plug Offshore Wells 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON DECOMMISSIONING OFF2 SHORE OIL AND GAS WELLS, PLATFORMS, 

3 AND PIPELINES. 

4 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

6 the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress, and 

7 make publicly available on a website, a report that de8 scribes, with respect to the preceding year— 

9 (1) the number of applications for decommis10 sioning an offshore oil and gas well, platform, or 

11 pipeline that were required to be submitted pursuant 

12 to subpart Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal 

13 Regulations (or any successor regulations) and the 

14 number of such applications received by the Sec15 retary of the Interior; 

16 (2) the number of offshore oil and gas wells, 

17 platforms, and pipelines for which decommissioning 

18 did not occur by the date required pursuant to sub19 part Q of part 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Reg20 ulations (or any successor regulations); 

21 (3) the number of offshore oil and gas wells and 

22 platforms approved for decommissioning in place; 

23 (4) the length of any— 

24 (A) offshore oil and gas pipelines that were 

25 decommissioned in place pursuant to section 


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1 250.1750 of title 30, Code of Federal Regula2 tions (or any successor regulations); 

3 (B) offshore oil and gas pipelines that were 

4 removed pursuant to section 250.1752 of title 

5 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc6 cessor regulations); and 

7 (C) offshore oil and gas pipelines that were 

8 removed pursuant to section 250.1754 of title 

9 30, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc10 cessor regulations); and 

11 (5) the status of enforcement actions, including 

12 notices of incident of noncompliance, orders, cita13 tions, civil penalties, and disqualifications from fu14 ture offshore operations, by the Bureau of Safety 

15 and Environmental Enforcement with respect to de16 commissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, 

17 and pipelines. 

18 (b) DECOMMISSIONING.—In this section, the term 

19 ‘‘decommissioning’’ has the meaning given such term in 

20 section 250.1700 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations 

21 (or any successor regulations). 

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